catastrophe
noun
a sudden and widespread disaster.
catastrophical
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a word derived from
catastrophe.
catastrophical,
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a variation of
catastrophic.
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In her face he read instantly that something serious had happened; something serious if not catastrophical: but with finger on lip she enjoined silence and led the way to the parlour.
From The Mayor of Troy by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
At seventeen such things are not embarrassing; they are catastrophical.
From Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William by Booth Tarkington
At seventeen such things are not embarrassing; they are catastrophical.
From Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William by Booth Tarkington
In her face he read instantly that something serious had happened; something serious if not catastrophical: but with finger on lip she enjoined silence and led the way to the parlour.
From The Mayor of Troy by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
